When I was in the Maine Senate and proposed Maine RX - a plan to lower prescription drug costs by forcing the pharmaceutical companies to negotiate - I was told by many people that it was too big an idea,… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
Having started and owned two small businesses, I know what a challenge it is to keep up with the rising costs of your employees'… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
In Maine, we are fortunate to have a Clean Elections system that allows legislators to turn down corporate special interest money. At the national… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
Our businesses can't create jobs when they're losing revenue, and the unemployed can't apply for jobs when they can't pay their phone bill. — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
As more and more people reach the Internet by mobile phone, we should make sure users are getting the open access they believe they're… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
I love to come home and work on one of my other jobs. Just to remember that the floors gotta be mopped, and that… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
The founding leaders of our country believed in a three-part sharing of governmental power, with each branch jealously watching the actions of the other… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
For too long, the system has been biased in favor of oil and gas developers: sweetheart lease deals, generous subsidies and a regulatory process… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
I think we've found a better solution on North Haven and Vinalhaven: Instead of paying increasing expensive electric bills every month, with the money… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
During the summer of 2009, the debate on health care reform was emotional and intense. At its best, it represented the free exchange of… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
Certainly, my advice is that communicating, lobbying, fundraising and engaging the public in policy and politics is far more exciting and inexpensive via the… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I wanted to leave my position at Common Cause and return to politics was to regain the freedom to speak… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
A good place to start a more civil dialog would be for my Republican colleagues in the House to change the name of the… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
